The Zambia Agricultural Commodities Exchange (Zamace) plans to resume trading in May, ending a nine-month suspension
US agribusiness giant Land O’Lakes, Inc. has bought a controlling 52.5 per cent stake in South Africa’s Villa Crop Protection
Nestlé has announced a plan to tackle child labour risks in Central and West Africa's cocoa production
Broiler farms need to prioritise maintenance of ventilation systems to ensure healthy and productive livestock as well as avoid unexpected costs, according to experts at one of the leading ventilation...
Perdue Farms' senior vice-president of technical services and innovation Dr Bruce Stewart-Brown said that high-welfare outcomes are possible regardless of the breed of broiler chickens
In a bid to boost dairy farming, Kenya’s government is planning to waive the duty on raw materials imported for manufacture of animal feeds
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided booths and equipment to the Nigerian Confederation of Female Producers, which represented Niger at the 12th edition of SAFEM, held by the Agency...
SUISAG, the service partner for Swiss pig producers and international genetics customers, and Cloudfarms have introduced an innovative application of its existing production management system called the ‘Pig Passport’
The system...
Contemporary grain and feed handling plants are forced to satisfy increasingly strict requirements; African Farming looks at ways to ensure contamination-free conveyance
Meyn has developed an automated Meyn Selective Hock Ejector system to operate at line speeds up to 13,500 bph and maximise yield by ejecting individual hocks, right or left, or...
Field trials conducted during the 2017 growing season in the UK have shown that the use of smart technology can help maximise crop yields
Khaled Sherif, vice-president of African Development Bank (AfDB), announced new investment strategies like providing high-yielding seeds and making large farms more productive to boost up Africa’s agriculture sector during the...
An e-dialogue was convened by the Agricultural Policy Research Programme (APRA) to analyse the dynamics of agricultural commercialisation and agrarian change across East, West and Southern Africa
Rwanda has announced that it will help farmers to access loans through the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) in a bid to increase tea production in Nyaruguru District
Rivulis, a global leader in micro irrigation solutions, has announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art factory in Manzanares, Spain
Fabrics made from plant-based materials are set to boom in collections for the autumn/winter 2022/23 season, according to Textiles Intelligence’s ‘Survey of the European fabric fairs for autumn/winter 2022/23’
Namibia’s fish consumption doubled in 2012 from levels of fish consumption reported the previous year, according to the Namibia Fish Consumption Promotion Trust (NFCPT)
Pierre Broun, head of plant sciences for Olam Coffee and Cocoa, speaks to African Farming about the company's sustainable measures to help smallholder cocoa farmers in Africa
As maize lethal necrosis (MLN) causes up to 90 per cent production loss, the researchers is trying to figure effective ways to combat infectious viruses causing MLN in Kenya